Russia plans re-launch of military bases in Cuba and Vietnam

BELGRADE - Moscow is considering plans to return to Cuba and Vietnam where it had military bases in the past, Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Nikolay Pankov said on Friday, according to RIA news agency.

"We are working on this," Pankov said, while declining to elaborate.

The Russian Defense Ministry is re-assessing the decisions made in the past to shut down the bases in those countries, according to the defense official.